Costa Rica National Football Team

Governing body Federación Costarricense de Fútbol Affiliated 1927 Stadium Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica (35,093 seats) Manager L. Suárez

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Goalkeepers
E. Alvarado	K. Navas	L. Moreira
Defenders
F. Calvo	K. Fuller	J. Vargas
I. Lawrence	O. Galo	B. Oviedo
K. Waston	D. López	C. Mora
Carlos Martínez	R. Matarrita Assists: 1
Midfielders
G. Torres	C. Borges Goals: 2	Y. Salas
Y. Tejeda	J. Venegas	B. Aguilera
D. Chacón
Attackers
J. Bennette	J. Campbell Goals: 2, Assists: 1	J. Ortiz
B. Ruíz Goals: 1	A. Martínez	A. Contreras

#	Name	Age								A
Goalkeepers
1	E. Alvarado	33	196	3	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0
	K. Navas	35
23	L. Moreira	32	162	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Defenders
15	F. Calvo	29	265	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
4	K. Fuller	27	360	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	J. Vargas	26
	I. Lawrence	19
	O. Galo	21
	B. Oviedo	32
19	K. Waston	34	91	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0
	D. López	23
	C. Mora	21
	Carlos Martínez	23
22	R. Matarrita	27	285	4	3	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0
Midfielders
	G. Torres	24
5	C. Borges	33	295	4	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
	Y. Salas	25
	Y. Tejeda	30
7	J. Venegas	33	188	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0
	B. Aguilera	18
	D. Chacón	21
Attackers
	J. Bennette	17
12	J. Campbell	29	358	4	4	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0
21	J. Ortiz	29	114	3	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0
10	B. Ruíz	36	172	3	2	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
16	A. Martínez	23	184	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
	A. Contreras	22

If there's a team that can shock the world just like in 2014, that team is Costa Rica. The CONCACAF side reached the quarter final stage for the first time in history four years ago, and with 12 players that were included in that historic squad, Los Ticos will try to prove that they were not a one-hit wonder.

Led by Keylor Navas and Bryan Ruiz, the Central American team will have to put up an effort to make it past the Group Stage, especially after being drawn against Brazil, Serbia and Switzerland.

Coach's objective

Oscar Ramirez faces a mammoth task: trying to make the world forget about José Luis Pinto. The team's former boss led a combative side to the final eight teams, and reaching that same stage won't be easy, especially since the world knows that Los Ticos can work properly under pressure.

New faces

Ian Smith, currently playing in Sweden, made the cut due to José Salvatierra's injury. He's played only one match for Costa Rica, and he will try to earn a spot in Ramírez's lineup against a seasoned veteran like Cristian Gamboa.

Veterans

Johnny Acosta (defender) and Bryan Ruiz (midfielder) are the oldest players in Costa Rica's roster. Both were included in the 2014 World Cup squad, and their contribution will come in handy if they want to repeat such a performance in Russian soil.

Major absences

José Salvatierra will miss this World Cup after suffering a knee injury. Left back Junior Díaz was also left out of the team, even if he's one of the most capped players in La Sele's history.

Full squad list

Goalkeepers: Keylor Navas, Patrick Pemberton, Leonel Moreira. 

Defenders: Cristian Gamboa, Ian Smith, Ronald Matarrita, Bryan Oviedo, Oscar Duarte, Giancarlo González, Francisco Calvo, Kendall Waston, Johnny Acosta.

Midfielders: David Guzmán, Yeltsin Tejeda, Celso Borges, Randall Azofeifa, Rodney Wallace, Bryan Ruiz, Daniel Colindres, Christian Bolaños. 

Strikers: Johan Venegas, Marco Ureña, Joel Campbell.